Healthy Pizza Recipes

Slim Your Slice

The dish on pizza is that it's more fattening than most dessert pies. Learn how to slash the calorie count on your next piece
By Karen Ansel, RD womenshealth
 

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If you auto-dial your local pizza joint once a week, you're not alone: Eighteen percent of Americans dive into a pie at least that often. The problem: Revised USDA guidelines single out pizza as the second highest source of saturated fat and third highest source of sodium in the U.S. diet. (Find out how to clean up your diet with this manual for inner and outer beauty!) But don't forgo this tasty and inexpensive meal option altogether. "The right toppings can transform a fattening grease bomb into a healthy meal," says Keri Gans, RD, author of The Small Change Diet. Top a store-bought whole-wheat crust or cheeseless takeout pie with one of these waist-cinching combos instead.

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